Mind Foundry Tracker Counts Over 1,000 AI Policy Initiatives Across 69 Countries in 2026 Update

Mind Foundry

Research firm Mind Foundry published its 2026 update to its global AI regulations tracker on January 15, 2026, cataloguing more than 1,000 AI policy initiatives spanning 69 countries. The report highlights key inflection points including the revocation of US Executive Order 14110 in 2025, the evolution of the UK AI Safety Institute into the AI Security Institute following the Bletchley Summit, and China's AI Safety Governance Framework introducing mandatory watermarking requirements for AI-generated content. For enterprise compliance teams managing multi-jurisdictional AI programs, the tracker underscores the accelerating pace of regulatory divergence, particularly between the US federal posture of deregulation and more prescriptive frameworks emerging in the EU, UK, and China. Compliance professionals should note that the underlying instruments referenced in the report, including China's watermarking rules and the UK's institutional restructuring, carry direct operational obligations distinct from the tracker itself.